Shoe-upper



(No Model.)

R.- W. SMITH.

SHOE UPPER. N0. 419,479. Patented Jan. 14,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT W. SMITH, OF FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

SHOE-UPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,479, dated January 14, 1890.

Application filed November 2, 1889. Serial No. 329,056. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residin gat Frankfort, in the county of Franklin and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Uppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y

My invention relates to that class of shoes provided with a iiy which overlaps one edge of the quarter for the purpose of being buttoned to it. I-Ieretofore it has been common to attach the fly permanently to the whole length of one edge of the quarter by means of a seam of stitches directly down the center of the front. For the purpose of making a neat finish it is common to fold under the whole front edge of the quarter and fly and to stitch it down upon the vamp or forward part of the upper, and in so doing an unsightly lump is formed by the several thicknesses at the central seam being folded back upon itself.

The object of the invention is to obviate this objection, and at the same time to strengthen the central scam against being ripped.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts forming a portion of a shoe-upper7 hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a view looking down upon the top of a shoe-upper showing my invention. Fig. Il is a detail showing a similar view of a portion of an old-style shoe. Fig. III is a longitudinal vertical section at t-he line Fig. I.

5 represents 011e side of the quarter, 6 the other side, 7 the button-fly, and 8 the central front seam, where the ily is permanently joined to the quarter 5.

9 is the curved seam, at which the whole front edge of the quarters and fly are usually folded under and stitched down upon the vamp 1l. The ily 7 is usually joined tothe qua-rter 5 by means of the seam 8 extending all the way down to the seam 9, but I shorten the lower end of the fly 7 and extend a iiap l2 of the quarter 5 across the line of seam 8, and join the fly 7 to the flap 12 by a trans- Iverse seam l0, thus stopping the seam S at the transverse seam l0, and leavingno seam 8 to be folded on itself at 9, as it was in the old way, Fig. II. The flap l2 extending directly across the front seam 8 also strengthens the shoe against being burst open at the instep, where there is a great deal of strain. Of course it would be an equivalent of this invention if the flap l2 were to be made upon the ily 7 and the quarter 5 correspondingly shortened, so that the joining-seam would be at the dotted line 13.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. The combination, in a shoe-upper, of a quarter and a button-ily secured together by a seam of stitches extending' part way down 'the front, the quarter having a flap extending across the lower end of the said front seam, the said flap being joined to the lower end of the fly by a transverse seam, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a shoe-upper, of a quarter and a button-ily secured together by a seam of stitches extending down the front so far as the shorter of the two extends, one of the said portions being provided with a' flap extending across the said front seam, and joined to the other by a transverse line of stitches, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I'aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT W. SMITH. Witnesses:

B. K. RAY, R. KEENON. 

